You kids get off my island! Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) just wants to be left alone in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

You kids get off my island! Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) just wants to be left alone in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

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Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet get to know each other in “Call Me By Your Name.”

Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet get to know each other in “Call Me By Your Name.”

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Dinki wants Birdboy to run away with her in “Birdboy: The Forgotten Children.”

Dinki wants Birdboy to run away with her in “Birdboy: The Forgotten Children.”

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Home video: ‘The Last Jedi’ is great unless you’re a porg

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Whether you stream, buy or rent, here’s a look at what’s new or notable in home video. Movies are available on streaming sites such as iTunes, Amazon and Vudu unless otherwise noted.

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”: The guardians of the canon may say otherwise, but don’t let them turn you off: Director Rian Johnson has delivered a perfectly entertaining “Star Wars” movie, the most enjoyable since “The Empire Strikes Back.” It has exciting fight scenes (the lightsaber battle in Snoke’s throne room is one of the franchise’s best), unexpected plot twists and role reversals, genuine laughs — not that common in this faraway galaxy — and strong work by Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher. Plus, with the porg, it has a toy-worthy new critter and eats it, too.

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Timothée Chalamet Once Got Some Great Advice From Kid Cudi In GQ's latest cover story, Chalamet described how after getting cast in Interstellar in 2014, he thought new roles would come easy. However, Chalamet struggled to find anything and his confidence was shattered. Luckily, he ran into Kid Cudi at one of his concerts and got a much-needed pep talk. Backstage at a show in Montreal, Cudi described his own lows and the single-minded determination that forced him to double down on his efforts to perform his way out of trouble. Timothée excused himself to run home so he could write down everything he'd heard. He keeps the notes on his phone. The takeaway was: Are you, Timothée, the sort of person who can't possibly live any other way? 'F*** yeah.' Chalamet took the words to heart and was filled with renewed vigor for acting, something that would lead him to rack up a Golden Globe nomination, two BAFTA nominations and an Academy Award nod for best actor. The lesson? If you're ever feeling down, talk to Kid Cudi.

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“Call Me By Your Name”: Everybody in the sun-dappled town somewhere in northern Italy likes Oliver (Armie Hammer), the American grad student staying there in the summer of ’83 to assist an eminent professor. The attraction runs deeper for the professor’s 17-year-old son (Timothée Chalamet), who strikes up a cautious friendship with the American that leads to a brief, intense affair. That’s the plot of “Call Me By Your Name,” a summer romance and coming-of-age tale with some fascinating variations. The experience is altogether deeper, an aching beauty captured in the landscape, the score, the elegance of the performances, made all the more poignant by the certain knowledge that it won’t last.

Also: “Ferdinand,” “I, Tonya,” “Justice League,” “The Shape of Water”

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“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”: This Goya Award-winning animated film looks like Richard Scarry’s version of “The Day After.” A group of cute animal friends — a fox, a rabbit and a mouse — try to find a way off their bleak island home, which was devastated years ago by an industrial accident. The mysterious title character may hold the key. One of the directors calls the movie a metaphor for adolescence, which is a pretty useful explanation for the enduring popularity of dystopian tales like this among young adults.